The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle \n (newline) characters, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2655-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0289 The sanitize_css method in lib/action_controller/vendor/html-scanner/html/sanitizer.rb in the Action Pack component in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.18, 3.0.x and 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before 3.2.13 does not properly handle \n (newline) characters, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q759-hwvc-m3jg actionpack Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:35.175Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-1855

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-19T22:55:01.027

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1855

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1855 - Bugzilla

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